Since 2005, SUP has published over 300 new research titles in the fields of animal studies, archaeology, Australian literature, copyright, education, history, public health, public and social policy, urban planning, social work, healthy ageing and Indigenous issues.
SUP’s scholarly series have their own editorial boards with experts from Australia and overseas, who help shape the publishing program. Some of the series, such as Sydney Studies in Australian Literature and Indigenous Music, Language and Performing Arts, are focused on Australian topics, while the Tom Austen Brown Series in Australasian Archaeology focuses on Australia and adjacent regions. Other series are international in scope, including Animal Publics, Adapa Monographs, Public and Social Policy, China and the West in the Modern World, and the Sydney Series in Celtic Studies.